diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d634a0fb..d6c420e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
+      <version>2.13.2</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>